Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010

Jobseeker’s allowance — amendment.

10.— (1) Section 142(1) (as amended by section 6 of the Act of 2009) of the Principal Act is amended in paragraph (a) by inserting “increased by the amount set out in column (3) of that Part opposite that reference for any period during which the claimant or beneficiary has a qualified adult, subject to the restriction that the claimant or beneficiary shall not be entitled for the same period to an increase of allowance under this paragraph in respect of more than one person, and increased by the appropriate amount set out in column (4) of that Part opposite that reference in respect of each qualified child who normally resides with the claimant or beneficiary, or” after “Part 1 of Schedule 4,”.

(2) Section 142(3) (as amended by section 4 of and Schedule 1 to the Act of 2006) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting “section 142A(2)(a)(iii) and section 142B(2)(a)(iii),” after “Notwithstanding subsection (2)(a)(iii),”, and

(b) by inserting “section 142A(2)(a)(iii) or section 142B(2)(a)(iii)” after “as calculated in accordance with subsection (2)(a)(iii),”.

(3) Section 142 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (4) by deleting paragraph (b), and

(b) by deleting subsections (5), (6) and (7).